Paper weight



July 7, 1931. OLE 1,813,280

PAPER WEIGHT Filed Dec. 3, 1929 Patented July 7, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIcE CHARLES ERIN COLE, OF CRIPPLEOREEK, COLORADO I PAPER WEIGHT Application filed December 3, 1929. Serial N0. 411,333.

This invention relates to a paper Weight, one of the objects being to-provide a device of this character Which can be used for holding different specimens of natural products g Which will be associated With means Whereby they can be identified readily, the entire structure being particularly useful as a means for advertising the resources ofa locality.

Another object is to providea device of this character Which acts as a magnifying lens Wherebythecontents will be magnified so as to be morereadily inspected.-

WVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention residesin the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of-construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made Withinthe scope of What is claimed Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the pre-' ferred forms of the invention have been shown.

In said drawings,

Figure 1 is a central vertical section through the device.

Figure 2 is a top plan view;

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 6 designates a pyramidal body formed in its base with, an annular series of segmental recesses 7 arranged about a core 8 y The recesses are closed by a disk A paper Weight including a magnifying glass constituting a body having separate non-communication recesses extending upwardly thereintofrom thebottom for holding specimens tobe displayed and magnified, and

a closure seated in the base of the magnifying glass for closing all of the recesses and retaining specimens therein, the several recesses lncreasmg m depth but diminishing 1n 7 Width toward the center of thedevice thereby to constitute segmental containers. I

In testimony that'I claim the foregoing as my own, ha

By making the body so that it can act as a magnifying lens the study of the contents can be facilitated.

What is claimed is:

ve hereto affixed my signature.

CHARLES; ERIN COLE. 

